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Edited on Sat Dec-20-03 12:41 AM by NightTrain
I was 17. It was the year I lost my virginity, started earning my own money, and entered my senior year of high school. It was also in the spring of '83 that I stumbled onto the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult and, for the first time in my young life, felt that I truly belonged somewhere!
In 1983, I was still thin, didn't wear glasses, and had a full head of hair. Frankly, I was a goddamned good-looking teen-ager, of which members of both sexes at "Rocky Horror" took immediate notice. When Alanis Morrisette asked the musical question, "Would she go down on you in a theater," I always think of one particular Saturday night at "Rocky Horror"....
I was always at the movies back then, too, and not just to see "Rocky Horror." Among the dozens of films I attended in 1983: "WarGames," "Mr. Mom," "Trading Places," "The Year of Living Dangerously," "Terms of Endearment," "Return of the Jedi," "Superman 3," "Richard Pryor: Here and Now," "Twilight Zone: The Movie," "Ghandi," "Risky Business," "The Right Stuff," "The King of Comedy," "To Be Or Not To Be," Silkwood," "Flashdance," and "Dr. Detroit."
Among the tunes I was listening to at 17: Michael Jackson's THRILLER, Men at Work's CARGO, the Police's SYNCHRONICITY, Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages," Donna Summer's "The Woman In Me" and "She Works Hard For The Money," Dexy's Midnight Runners' "Come On Eileen," the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" and "Love Is A Stranger," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog," David Bowie's "Let's Dance," Irene Cara's "Flashdance (What A Feeling)," Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf," "Rio," and "Union of the Snake," Oxo's "Whirly Girl," Earth, Wind & Fire's "Fall In Love With Me," Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science," Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue," Culture Club's "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me," "Time (Clock of the Heart)," "I'll Tumble 4 Ya," and "Chuch of the Poison Mind," the Stray Cats' "Stray Cat Strut" and "(She's) Sexy & 17," Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance," Hall & Oates' "One On One," Taco's "Puttin' On The Ritz," Toto's "Africa," Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," Michael Sembello's "Maniac," Greg Kihn's "Jeopardy," Jump 'n the Saddle's "The Curly Shuffle," Missing Persons' "Walking In LA," the Tubes' "She's A Beauty," Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio," Patrick Simmons' "So Wrong," Kool & The Gang's "Let's Go Dancing," the Thompson Twins' "Lies," the Fixx's "Saved By Zero" and "One Thing Leads To Another," Modern English's "I Melt With You," ABC's "Poison Arrow," Kajagoogoo's "Too Shy," Naked Eyes' "Always Something There To Remind Me" and "Promises, Promises," and Musical Youth's "Pass The Dutchie."
Although I'm not one to succumb to nostalgia, if I had the chance to spend just one more Saturday night at the U.A. Theaters East with my friends at "Rocky Horror" during the summer of 1983, I'd go back in a minute!
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